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Former F1 champion says calendar is 'too long and boring'
Next season's race calendar is set to be the longest F1 season ever, at 22 races, with the addition of the Vietnamese and Dutch Grands Prix taking it past the current record of 21 races. There have been concerns about the length of the calendar, including Max Verstappen saying the calendar could be tough for the mechanics. And now a former champion has had his say, and you probably won't be surprised to hear that 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has disagreed with the plans. Winter testing has been reduced to accommodate the changes, but Villeneuve doesn't think it's enough, telling Russian news outlet Championat: "The calendar is becoming too long and boring. For fans it...
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